Starting Rotation Named (Exhibition)

[J W]

LINK: Official Site (http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070226&content_id=1817162&vkey=spt2007news&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal)

When Coach Perlazzo named a rotation for our exhibition games this week, in effect he named it for the regular season:

1) Bedard
2) Cabrera
3) Wright
4) Loewen
5) Traschel

I'm wondering why Cabrera has to go 2nd but, I suppose after your ace slot it doesn't make a big difference until the playoffs. There's no question that spots 1 and 5 are correct.

Anyone with an opinion on this order?

[Erik Bedard]

IMO, it's good that Cabrera and Loewen aren't back-to-back, since they have, in effect, the same type of stuff. Hard throwers, with Cabrera a little more so, with decent breaking pitches, and both have control troubles. With Wright thrown in between Cabrera and Loewen, it'll give the hitters a different look.